Deborah Howe
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| Occupation | Writer |
| Genre | Juvenile fiction, young adult fiction, horror |
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Deborah Smith Howe (August 12, 1946 – June 3, 1978) was an American children's writer and actress.[1][2] She and her husband James Howe wrote two books, Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery and Teddy Bear's Scrapbook, but she died of cancer at age 31 before they were published in 1979 and 1980, respectively.[2]
Deborah Smith was born in Boston, Massachusetts on August 12, 1946. Her father was Lester Smith, a radio newscaster in New York.[3][4] She was raised in Chelsea, Massachusetts. In 1968, she graduated from Boston University with a B.F.A. in theater.[4][5] At college, she met James Howe, another student studying acting. They married on September 28, 1969, and then together, they moved to New York City for their acting careers.[4] She played in off-Broadway shows, working as an actress from 1969 to 1978.[1][4]
Howe also worked as a model and tape recording artist, and she and her husband created children's records.[5][1]
In 1978, Deborah and James Howe wrote Bunnicula and Teddy Bear's Scrapbook while Deborah was staying at St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center due to her illness. Her husband stated "writing the books became a form of therapy" for them while they were staying at the hospital, since the books were "humorous and they gave us laughter in writing them." She was diagnosed with ameloblastoma, a tumor-forming bone disease, and died 11 months after her diagnosis on June 3, 1978.[6][1] A children's library at St. Vincent's was later named after her.[6][2]
Awards
Howe's work has won the following awards:[7]
- AL Notable Children's Books
- CCBC Choices (Cooperative Children's Book Council)
- Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award (VT)
- Emphasis on Reading Book Award (AL)
- Golden Sower Award (NE)
- Iowa Children's Choice Award
- IRA/CBC Children's Choices
- Land of Enchantment Children's Book Award (NM)
- Nene Award (HI)
- Pacific Northwest Young Reader's Choice Award
- Sequoyah Children's Book Award (OK)
- South Carolina Book Award
- Sunshine State Young Readers Award (FL)
References
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- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Deborah Smith Howe". The Boston Globe. June 6, 1978. p. 34. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Writing Bunnicula: The Story Behind the Story" by James Howe, in Bunnicula, Atheneum Books, New York, NY, Revised Format Edition 1999.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vang, Maikue, ed. (2006). Something About the Author. Vol. 161. Gale. pp. 77–84. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ a b c d Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Holtze, Sally Holmes, ed. (1989). Sixth Book of Junior Authors & Illustrators. The H.W. Wilson Company. pp. 134–136. ISBN 0-8242-0777-7.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Olsen, Mary Lou (1987). Creative Connections: Literature and the Reading Program, Grades 1-3. Libraries Unlimited. p. 165. ISBN 0-87287-651-9.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Hospital Library for Children". The New York Times. November 6, 1983. p. 86. Retrieved September 20, 2020.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Howe, Deborah; Howe, James (March 1, 1979). Bunnicula. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-689-30700-3.
External links
- James Howe at Baltimore County Public Library (archived 2011-12-29) – "Used with permission of Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing"
- Deborah Howe at the Library of Congress, with 11 library catalog records
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